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Strategy, History, & Goals

Ends, ways, and means. Terrorist organizations are familiar with these concepts and the development of strategy too. Over the course of our history the CTC has studied and released reports and articles about terrorist goals and strategy. Browse the content below to learn more.

September 11, 2024

Nihilism and Terror: How M.K.Y. Is Redefining Terrorism, Recruitment, and Mass Violence

Marc-André Argentino, Barrett Gay, Matt Bastin

Islamic State-Somalia: A Growing Global Terror Concern

Caleb Weiss, Lucas Webber

A View from the CT Foxhole: Rosalind Nyawira, Former Director, National Counter Terrorism Centre – Kenya

Kristina Hummel, Samuel Bowles

Commentary: The Global Jihadi Terror Threat in September 2024

Edmund Fitton-Brown

August 13, 2024

The History and Future of the Nordic Resistance Movement

Peter Smith

The Financial Future of the Islamic State

Jessica Davis

The Death of an Islamic State Global Leader in Africa?

Austin Doctor, Gina Ligon

A ‘Hotbed’ or a Slow, Painful Burn? Explaining Central Asia’s Role in Global Terrorism

Noah Tucker, Edward Lemon

July 31, 2024

In the Shadow of the Caliphate: A Decade of Islamic State Gendered Violence

Devorah Margolin, Gina Vale

June 28, 2024

The Threat Matrix Facing the Paris Olympics

Petter Nesser, Wassim Nasr

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